Father Arrested For Leaving 6-Year-Old Daughter Sleeping In Line For Pokémon Cards
NL used Rage. A 35-year-old South Carolina man has been arrested and accused of leaving his 6-year-old daughter asleep while waiting in line for…
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| Factor | Weight | Score | Contribution | Where it came from |
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| Corroborationleads | 0.35 | 0.61 | +0.215 37% | 2 distinct tier-1/2 orgs, counted once each: Ign, Nintendo Life and Dexerto. Saturates at 5. |
| Source trust | 0.25 | 0.75 | +0.188 32% | Ign is the highest-trust source on this story. Trust is taken from the best source, not averaged. |
| Pickup rate | 0.20 | 0.00 | +0.000 0% | The sources carry no usable publish times, so the rate could not be measured from them directly. |
| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.88 | +0.176 30% | Halves every 10 hours from the newest item on the story. This is the only factor that rewards a story for nothing more than being recent. |
Corroboration counts distinct organisations, once each, and only from tiers 1 and 2. Freshness halves every 10 hours, so this ranking is a snapshot and will differ at the next build.
A 35-year-old man in South Carolina was arrested after leaving his sleeping 6-year-old daughter unattended while waiting in line for Pokémon cards. The incident occurred outside a Target store in Charleston's West Ashley district, where crowds had gathered for a newly-released Pokémon set. Police responded to reports of an unattended child at 2:30am.
Witnesses reported that the man had provided his daughter with a pillow and blanket sometime after 1am before leaving her alone in the line. The child remained asleep during this time as other customers waited nearby for the card release.
The man was arrested and faced charges related to the incident. The circumstances surrounding his departure from the line and how long he was absent remain unclear from available reports.
What happened
A 35-year-old South Carolina man has been arrested and accused of leaving his 6-year-old daughter asleep while waiting in line for Pokémon cards. As reported by The Washington Post (thanks, IGN ), John-Michael Dooley was waiting outside a Target store with his daughter in Charleston's West Ashley district, where a crowd had gathered hoping to purchase the newly-released Pokémon set. Officers arrived at the store at 2:30am local time after receiving reports of an unattended child. com Witnesses told officers that Dooley had given his daughter a pillow and blanket sometime after 1 am before leaving her alone in line.
How this story arrived
Ordered by when each source was first observed, which is what the velocity figure is computed from. Publishers backdate; observed order does not.
- 01 Dexerto first seen Man arrested after leaving 6-year-old daughter sleeping in line for Pokemon cards
- 02 Ign +39.1h Father Arrested After Leaving Sleeping 6-Year-Old Daughter in Line for Pokémon Cards
- 03 Nintendolife +45.1h Father Arrested For Leaving 6-Year-Old Daughter Sleeping In Line For Pokémon Cards
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